In the beginning there really wasn’t much of anything although it could be said that this was because there was too much of everything and none of it made any sense at all. This is why if you had to refer to it at all you called it the great nothing or the emptiness and void or words to that effect. Still any other attempts at describing what really had no chance of description in the first place come back severely lacking in one very important concept called context.
Context it turns out was there also in the beginning but after its initial inspiration became obscured by the ‘great nothing,’ its vastness incomprehensible until just at the right moment or perhaps in an ever occurring frequency of recognizing the key to comprehension gave forth its illuminating light. Yes it was this light about which it was said, VayeHi Or ‘and there was light.’
Imagine what this was like or rather what this is like since the continuation of this initial process never leaves the scene even for a moment. When the realization comes through that there is indeed something there in the nothing then the operation of the unifying prerogative of context is made known although it is still as yet in the infancy of its self expression when seen from this initial vantage point.
Now context as a word may seem to be a bit of a lightweight to describe such awesome things as are taking place in Creation. After all you would think you would want something that shouted out in glory and sang praises in harmonies that were incredibly exciting. However, as it happens context fulfills one very basic principle.
It works to bring forth the fundamental unifying thought of Creation, which is that ‘one thing comes from another and all things come from this one thing.’
This one thing is context and is translated as Elokim in Hebrew or G-d. Elokim refers to the dual nature or male-female aspects of the operation of deity, which in simple terms is that for every object of thought there is a subject of demonstration. In terms of context we may derive meanings depending upon the source of our contemplations.
This initial awakening by context into itself brings about what is called ‘light’ which is the ability of Consciousness to be aware of its actions from their effects to their causes. In the whole picture view this means that the right does indeed know what the left hand is doing. Both contemplation and action are joined here as one.
Zohar Vaetchanan 1. "And I besought Hashem at that time, saying, Adonai Elohim, You began to show Your servant" (Devarim 3:23-24). Rabbi Yosi opened with, "Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to Hashem" (Yeshayah 38:2). Come and see how powerful is the force of the Torah and how superior it is to anything else. For whoever is occupied with the Torah does not fear the higher or lower beings, nor fear evil incidents in the work, because he is attached to the Tree of Life, , and daily eats from it.
What we learn here is that by becoming centered in the Consciousness of the operation of context all else both takes its root and sprouts forth from. B”H
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